GOOD NEWS:Caltrans has moved the southern closure point on Highway 1 (i.e. the spot at the south that northbound traffic can't pass) from the Ragged Point Inn up to Salmon Creek, which means that you can now hike (without having to walk Highway 1) on the County Line Road, Salmon Creek Trail and Buckeye Trail. It would be great if people started using these trails again, which may hinder some of the crazy post-winter storm growth that we've been seeing everywhere and which has only been exacerbated by the lack of hikers.

Note: although it is possible that Caltrans may open the highway up to go even further north (I sure hope that they open it up all the way to the Cruikshank Trail trailhead), it's going to be a LONG time (I'm hearing a year) before the Mud Creek Slide (just south of Gorda), with its million+ tons of dirt and rock and its new 1/3 mile peninsula, will be dealt with such that the road is open through/over/under/around that spot.